Nouns (9)
kick
n. a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics; "the kick must be synchronized with the arm movements"; "the swimmer's kicking left a wake behind him"
kick, boot, kicking
n. the act of delivering a blow with the foot; "he gave the ball a powerful kick"; "the team's kicking was excellent"
bang, kick, charge, flush, thrill
n. the swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks"
Verbs (12)
up
v. raise; "up the ante"
kick
v. stop consuming; "kick a habit"
kick, thrash about with the feet
v. thrash about or strike out with the feet
kick, kick a leg up
v. kick a leg up
kick, hit with the foot, strike with the foot
v. strike with the foot; "The boy kicked the dog"; "Kick the door down"
kick, drive with the foot, propel with the foot
v. drive or propel with the foot
Adverbs (3)
up, upward, upwards
adv. spatially, temporally, or metaphorically up :"Look up!" "Let's move the date up"; "The music surged up"
Adjectives (12)
up
adj. used up; "time is up"
up
adj. (used of computers) operating properly; "how soon will the computers be up?"
up
adj. open; "the windows are up"
up
adj. being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level; "the anchor is up"; "the sun is up"; "he lay face up"; "he is up by a pawn"; "the market is up"; "the corn is up"
up, improving
adj. getting higher or more vigorous; "its an up market"; "an improving economy"
up, astir, out of bed
adj. out of bed; "are they astir yet?"; "up by seven each morning"
up, upbound, upward
adj. extending or moving toward a higher place; "the up staircase"; "a general upward movement of fish"
Fuzzynyms (18)
rebound, recoil, repercussion, backlash
n. a movement back from an impact
high spirits, elation
n. a feeling of joy and pride
euphoria
n. a feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation
inaugurate, kick off, begin formally
v. commence officially
sack, fire, force out, terminate, dismiss, send away, give the axe
v. terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
failing
adj. below acceptable in performance; "received failing grades"
Synonyms (47)
expel, throw out, boot out, kick out, oust, drum out
v. remove from a position or office; "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds"
kick up, cause to rise by kicking
v. cause to rise by kicking; "kick up dust"
over, completed, terminated, concluded, ended, all over
adj. having come or been brought to a conclusion; "the harvesting was complete"; "the affair is over, ended, finished"; "the abruptly terminated interview"
done, through, through with
adj. having finished or arrived at completion; "certain to make history before he's done"; "it's a done deed"; "after the treatment, the patient is through except for follow-up"; "almost through with his studies"
through with, done with
adj. having no further concern with; "he was through with school and he was through with family"- John Dos Passos; "done with gambling"; "done with drinking"
running, working, operative, functional
adj. (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes"
elevated
adj. raised above the ground; "an elevated platform"
upraised, lifted
adj. held up in the air; "stood with arms upraised"; "her upraised flag"
ascending
adj. moving or going or growing upward; "the ascending plane"; "the ascending staircase"; "the ascending stems of chickweed"
high
adj. (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high'); "a high mountain"; "high ceilings"; "high buildings"; "a high forehead"; "a high incline"; "a foot high"
bull
adj. characterized by rising prices: "a bull market"
emerging
adj. coming to maturity; "the rising generation"
insomniac, sleepless, wakeful
adj. experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness; "insomniac old people"; "insomniac nights"; "lay sleepless all night"; "twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights"- Shakespeare
unsleeping, wide-awake
adj. fully awake; "the unsleeping city"; "so excited she was wide-awake all night"
waking
adj. marked by full consciousness or alertness; "worked every moment of my waking hours"
uphill, acclivitous, upward-sloping
adj. sloping upward
ascendant, ascendent, ascensive
adj. tending or directed upward; "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin
assurgent
adj. growing or extending upward; "an assurgent stem or leaf"
assurgent
adj. rising from the sea; "a seahorse assurgent"
climbing, scandent
adj. used especially of plants; having a tendency to climb; "plants of a creeping or scandent nature"
soaring
adj. "a soaring eagle"
Antonyms (1)
down
adj. being or moving lower in position or less in some value; "lay face down"; "the moon is down"; "our team is down by a run"; "down by a pawn"; "the stock market is down today"
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